Improvement in neck-yokes



c. R. Moon.

Neck-Yukos.

' Patemedxan. 27,1874.

@y www@ PATENT OEEICE.

(lIIAILES B. MOON, OF IYOLCOTTVILLE, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN NECK-YOKES.

Specification forming part of Letters Iatent No. 146,772, datei January 27, 1874; application tiled June 10, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES R. MOON, of Wolcottville, in the county of La Grange and State of Indiana, have invented a new and Museful Improvement in Neck-Yokes, of which the following is a full description,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in

- whichcarriages. It is custom ary to provide the neckyoke with a piece of leather having a hole through it to receive the pole, which leather soon becomes worn and unfit for use. The chief object of my invention is to provide the neck-yoke'with a dura-ble substitute for this leather, so constructed as, in connection with suitable devices upon the pole, to operate as a safety hold-back. I also adapt this invention for use upon heavy wagons.

ln the drawings, A represents the neckyolre proper, which is made of wood, as usual 1;' B, a piece of leather encircling A, the ends d of which are suitably secured between two metal plates, C D, which have a hole through the center to receive the pole. c is a slot or recess for the purpose` of permitting the plates to pass over the iron c on the end of the pole E, Figli. Between the plates C D, and encircling the hole b, I place leather washers fi to prevent noise. The form ot' the ends d of the leather B is represented in Fig. 3, and between the plates C D, at the upper part, is a space or recess adapted to receive the ends of the leather B. These plates and this leather B are held together and in position by screws or rivets. As represented, a greater portion of the plate G tits within the plate D, but the upper part thereof laps over l). rIhis particular form of construction need not be adhered to. Upon the end of the ton gue E are placed the ordinaryT irons, and in addition thereto a lug, e, corresponding with the slot c in the plates C D. The leather B, having been secured between the plates C D, as described, canbe slipped over the end of the neck-yoke A and brought to the center thereof, and there held in position by means of metal ring a a, shrunk upon the neck-yoke. The slot c permits the plates G D to pass over the lug c on the pole, and when in use, this slot being at the upper same cannot be accidentally withdrawn from the plates C D.

As neck-yokes and poles have hitherto been constructed, accidents frequentlyhappen when a tug unhooks, or the evenerbreaks or becomes disconnected from the pole, the latter being withdrawn from the neck-yoke and falling to the ground. If my invention be used this can never happen, the lug e preventing the accidental withdrawal ofthe pole.

The plates C D may of cast metal, or they may be stamped from sheet metal.

I do not limit myself to the precise construe"- tion of these plates shown and described. Any metal plates adapted to receive the leather B,

having a hole to receive the pole, and a slot or y recess for the passage of the lug e upon the pole, will accomplish the object of my invention.

For heavy wagons, a device, a-s represented by F, Fig. 7, may be used, the opening f therein` corresponding with the slot @above described.

This device can be secured to theneck-yokc `by means of the rings r and staples.

Another form, which might be used, is represented in Fig. S. i

That I claim as new is as follows:

The safety holdback attached to the `middle oi' the neck-yoke, and consisting of the parts B G D, having slot c, in combination with the pole E, having projection e, all constructed and combined as and for the purpose specified.

lCHARLES R. MOON.

Witnesses: Y A. A., SNYDER, W. H. ItoDGERs side of the pole, the` 

